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When using the EEX key to convert metric the calculator does not show the original math.

Ex - Issue
Input: 50E3
Input shown above: 50000 (I want 50E3)
Output: 50000

Ex - Working
Input: 5+3
Input shown above: 5+3
Output: 8

(08-27-2020 03:35 PM)ELEStudent Wrote: [ -> ]When using the EEX key to convert metric the calculator does not show the original math.

Ex - Issue
Input: 50E3
Input shown above: 50000 (I want 50E3)
Output: 50000

Ex - Working
Input: 5+3
Input shown above: 5+3
Output: 8

Maybe you want engineering notation, not scientific. Engineering notation keeps exponents divisible by 3 so you get numbers in terms of milli, centi, etc.